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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" published?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1790.

2. Which of the following would have best described Kant?
(a) Strict.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Uncreative.
(d) Eccentric.

3. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?
(a) A priori.
(b) A posteriori.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) Analytic.

4. What is the name of the university Kant attended?
(a) University of New York.
(b) Uniersity of Paris.
(c) University of Koenigsberg.
(d) University of Amsterdam.

5. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?
(a) One is a human being.
(b) One is a thinking self.
(c) One has an identity.
(d) One is an intelligent self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Hume deny?

2. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

3. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?

4. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

5. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?

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